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StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Generation Vote Generation Vote

This I Vote video features young people making the case to their peers about the importance of voting this Tuesday.

Nov 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Wesleyan To End Need-Blind Admissions Wesleyan To End Need-Blind Admissions

Some see need-blind admission as a symbolic commitment to nondiscriminatory admissions policy, while others see it as a meaningless label that universities can trumpet while still ...

Nov 2, 2012 / StudentNation / Sydney Smith

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/1/12)

This week: a move against unions in Michigan, the displacement of Brazil's indigenous and several underreported perspectives on Hurricane Sandy.

Nov 1, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Mother Nature: Bring in the Trojan Horse Mother Nature: Bring in the Trojan Horse

STUDENT FINALIST: Although the degradation of the environment is a daunting problem, it is one that can be solved with an upgraded approach by a leader who is willing stop the inat...

Nov 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Helen Yang

Behind Halloween’s Mask Behind Halloween’s Mask

Let us instead make every day a chance to express ourselves and a reason to celebrate.

Oct 31, 2012 / StudentNation / Adam Martin

Weaning America Off Oil Weaning America Off Oil

STUDENT FINALIST: From foreign policy to climate change, our dependency on oil should be fueling the election conversation. 

Oct 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Nikolas Angelopoulos

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (10/26/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (10/26/12)

This week: LGBT New Yorkers stand against stop-and-frisk, Obama makes his "kill list" permanent, and much more. 

Oct 26, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Wealth and Democracy: An Inverse Relationship? Wealth and Democracy: An Inverse Relationship?

STUDENT FINALIST: When one candidate can raise over seven time the funds of the other, it becomes nearly impossible to get a nonbiased view of the election.

Oct 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Ethan Evans

UC Student Workers Protest Restrictions on Health Insurance Plan UC Student Workers Protest Restrictions on Health Insurance Plan

The UC student workers’ union, organized the rally to call for the elimination of the lifetime maximum on the Student Health Insurance Plan, the reduction of the co-pays on t...

Oct 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Dan Kwak

Mitt Romney’s Connection to For-Profit Colleges

Mitt Romney’s Connection to For-Profit Colleges Mitt Romney’s Connection to For-Profit Colleges

New video reveals why Mitt Romney has been less than transparent about his connections to the for-profit college industry.

Oct 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy and Natalia Abrams

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